Snap Inc.

Ranidu Lankage

Christie Marie Heikkinen

Kaveh Anvaripour

Christine Barron

Nathan Kenneth Boyd

Jane Meng

Brandon Francis

Andrew Grosvenor Cooper

Wayne Mike Cao

Jeremy Baker Voss

Evan Spiegel

Laurent Desserrey

Jonathan Dale Brody

David Whyte

David Phillip Taitz

Daniel Moreno

Joseph Timothy Fortier

Dallin Dyer

Sherif Mohamed

Shannon Ward

Isabelle Albi

Tabari Williams

Gabriel Lupin

Amar Boghani

Xin Su

Vineet Kapil

Matthew Mahar

Anton Shevchenko

Prasad Tare

Rasana Manandhar

Noam Lerner

Benjamin Lin

Dustin Kendall

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a storage medium storing a program and method for providing a template for media content generation. The program and method provide for receiving, from a first device of a first user, an indication of first user input setting properties to create a template for combining user-selected media with an audio track, the properties specifying the audio track, a sequence of media slots, a duration for each media slot, and predefined edits for applying to the media slots; causing display of a user interface on a second device of a second user, the user interface for assigning a respective video or photo to each media slot; and receiving, from the second device, a media content item generated based on second user input provided via the user interface, the second user input assigning the respective video or photo to each media slot.

Providing a template for media content generation

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for customizing a capture button used during video recording. The program and method provide for determining that a user of an application has access to exclusive features within the application, customizing a capture button for replacing display of a shutter button during video recording; displaying a first user interface for user selection of the capture button from among plural available capture buttons; receiving user input provided selecting the capture button from among the plural available capture buttons; displaying a second user interface for presenting real-time image data captured by a camera, the second user interface including the shutter button which is user-selectable to initiate video recording in response to second user input; and replacing, upon detecting the second user input, display of the shutter button with the selected capture button.

Customizing a capture button used during video recording

Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface

An audio recommendation system adds a 'recents' tab in a memory accessible to a messaging system including any audio tracks (songs or sounds) encountered by applications in order to allow quick access to any recently played songs or sounds provided in a message to/from another user or encountered during activities of the user. The displayed “recents” tab enables the user to revisit songs or sounds that the user may wish to use later in another message or to include in the user's music playlist. The “recents” tab also enables the user to browse an audio history in received messages without needing to explicitly save the music or sounds upon receipt. The system determines the source of the encountered sound or song and stores the source of the sound or song in a playlist associated with the recents tab with identifying information for the sound or song.

Audio recommendation system that presents playlist of received audio tracks under recents tab

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing audio with captured video clips. The program and method provide for displaying, by a messaging application, a capture user interface for capturing video; providing a camera mode selection element which is selectable to switch between a first camera mode for capturing a single video clip and a second camera mode for capturing multiple video clips, to generate a media content item; providing an audio selection element which is selectable to select an audio track for the media content item; receiving, via the camera mode selection element, first user input selecting the second camera mode; receiving, via the audio selection element, second user input selecting the audio track; and providing for capturing multiple video clips in association with the selected audio track for generating the media content item.

Selecting an audio track in association with multi-video clip capture

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for adding time-based captions to captured video. The program and method provide for displaying, by a messaging application, a preview user interface for previewing and editing captured video in order to generate a media content item, the preview user interface including an interface element which is selectable to switch to a captions user interface for adding a caption to the media content item; switching, in response to first user input selecting the interface element, to the captions user interface which is configured to receive user input for caption content and a duration to display the caption content; receiving, via the captions user interface, second user input for the caption content and the duration; and generating the media content item based on the caption content and the duration to display the caption content.

Adding time-based captions to captured video within a messaging system

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing an draggable shutter button during video recording. The program and method provide for displaying a user interface within an application running on a device, the user interface presenting real-time image data captured by a camera of the device, the user interface including a shutter button which is configured to be selectable by a user to initiate video recording in response to a first user gesture; and upon detecting the first user gesture selecting the shutter button, initiating video recording with respect to the real-time image data, and providing for the shutter button to be draggable in predefined directions to perform respective functions related to the video recording.

Providing draggable shutter button during video recording

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing a reply interface with selectable stickers for sending in a message. The program and method provide for receiving, by a first device of a first user, a media content item provided by a second device of a second user; determining, in response to receiving the media content item, a set of stickers for displaying with the media content item; and displaying, by the first device, the media content item together with a first reply interface and a second reply interface for sending a reply message to the second device. The first reply interface includes the set of stickers, each of which is selectable by the first user for sending to the second device. The second reply interface includes an input box for sending message content to the second device.

Reply interface with selectable stickers for messaging system

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for trimming video in association with multi-video clip capture. The program and method provide for displaying a capture user interface in accordance with a camera mode configured to capture multiple video clips for combining to generate a media content item; capturing the multiple video clips based on first user input received via the capture user interface, which includes a preview button selectable to navigate to a preview user interface for previewing and editing the multiple video clips; receiving, via the capture user interface, second user input selecting the preview button; and displaying, in response to the receiving, the preview user interface with a preview bar including a respective thumbnail for each of the multiple video clips, the preview bar being selectable to individually trim one or more of the multiple video clips.

Trimming video in association with multi-video clip capture

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system and a method for performing operations comprising: displaying, by a messaging application, a sound capture screen that enables a user to record the sound; after the sound is recorded using the sound capture screen, generating, by the messaging application, a visual element associated with the sound; receiving, by the messaging application, selection of the visual element from a displayed list of visual elements representing different sounds; in response to receiving the selection of the visual element, conditionally adding one or more graphics representing the sound to one or more images at a user selected position based on a privacy status of the sound; and playing, by the messaging application, the sound associated with the visual element together with displaying the one or more images.

Recorded sound thumbnail

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for trimming video. The program and method provide for providing a capture user interface for capturing a video to generate a media content item; displaying a preview user interface for previewing and editing the captured video to generate the media content item, the preview user interface including an interface element for selecting to trim the captured video or to set a playback option for the media content item; receiving, via the interface element, user input selecting to trim the captured video; and displaying a preview bar within the preview user interface, the preview bar including a set of frames of the captured video and front and back handles respectively positioned in front and in back of the set of frames, each of the front and back handles being selectable to trim video.

Trimming video within a messaging system

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing an indication of video recording. The program and method provide for displaying a user interface within an application running on a device, the user interface presenting real-time image data captured by a camera of the device, the user interface including a shutter button which is selectable to initiate video recording in response to a first user gesture; and upon detecting the first user gesture selecting the shutter button, initiating video recording with respect to the real-time image data, replacing a first set of interface elements within the user interface with a second set of interface elements within the user interface, and updating an appearance of the shutter button.

Providing indications of video recording by modifying different interface elements

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing different camera modes. The program and method provide for displaying, by a messaging application, a capture user interface for capturing video according to a first camera mode for capturing a single video clip to generate a media content item; providing, by the messaging application, a camera mode selection element within the capture user interface, the camera mode selection element being selectable to switch from the first camera mode to a second camera mode for capturing multiple video clips for combining to generate the media content item; receiving, via the capture user interface, user input selecting the camera mode selection element; and updating, by the messaging application and in response to receiving the user input, the capture user interface for video capture according to the second camera mode.

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Belmont, CA, United States of America

Ranidu Lankage